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Europe Words
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Productivity | How much work can be done in a certain length of time |
| Human resources | supply of people who can produce goods |
| Textiles | Woven Cloth |
| Cottage industry | Home or village-based industry in which family members supply their own equipment to make goods |
| Union | Group that bargains for better working conditions |
| Strike | Refusal to work, ususally by a labor organization, until demands are met |
| Imperialism | Countries claim colonies for their resources and markets |
| Alliance | Political agreement between countries to support each other in disputes with other countries |
| Communism | Political system that called for the overthrow of the industrialized system |
| Holocaust | systematic murder by Adolf Hitler and his followers of more than 12 million people including 6 million Jews during WW II |